Massachusetts Is Ready For Online Gambling

Manne wrote: Pennsylvania is the prohibitive odds-on favorite to be the next state to pass an online gambling bill, and even though things get a bit trickier when you start to line up the other dominoes, some states are positioning themselves to follow Pennsylvania’s lead. One of those states is Massachusetts.

It’s been two weeks since Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey unveiled her proposal for daily fantasy sports regulations, and in that short period of time, the once messy gaming situation is beginning to clear up, and Massachusetts has turned into a prime candidate for online gambling expansion. In addition to Healey’s DFS decision, Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr is, for the third consecutive year, trying to rally support for an online gambling expansion bill, and the courts have effectively ended the city of Boston’s lawsuit that has been holding up construction of the $1.7 billion Wynn Casino in Everett.

With Healey indicating daily fantasy sports are not in violation of Massachusetts law (the contests exceed the legal threshold in Massachusetts state law when it comes to chance vs. skill in her estimation), the door may now be wide open for poker supporters to barge through. After all, if one online skill game is okay, why not the other?


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kennex wrote: Today was supposed to see a vote on HB 649, a bill which would legalize and regulate online gambling, but the vote was pushed to tomorrow.

mike1 wrote: Great it's about time.